CVE-2018-0371 Denial of service in Cisco Meeting Server unknown

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An authenticated remote attacker can cause a denial of service by sending crafted HTTP requests to the Web Admin Interface, restarting the system and terminating calls.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-0371?

CVE-2018-0371 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cisco Meeting Server unknown, published on 21 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A vulnerability in the Web Admin Interface of Cisco Meeting Server could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of incoming HTTP requests. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request to the Web Admin Interface of an affected Cisco Meeting Server. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to restart the system, terminating all ongoing calls and resulting in a DoS condition on the affected product. This vulnerability affects the following releases of Cisco Meeting Server: Acano X-Series, Cisco Meeting Server 1000, Cisco Meeting Server 2000. Cisco Bug IDs: CSCvi48624.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0371?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cisco Meeting Server.

How do I fix CVE-2018-0371?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2018-0371 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6cfj-xhvp-g332.

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